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Education Technology

PR News Wire | September 01, 2023

Discovery Education, a global education technology company backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (together with its affiliates, "Clearlake"), today announced it has agreed to acquire DreamBox Learning®, a PK-12 education technology provider serving more than 6 million students and 600,000 educators nationwide. DreamBox Learning's current investors Elliott Investment Management L.P. and TPG's The Rise Fund will retain minority stakes in the company. Financial terms w...

Corporate Education and Training

PRnewswire | May 23, 2023

Universal Technical Institute (UTI), a division of Universal Technical Institute, Inc. and a leading workforce solutions provider of transportation, skilled trades and energy education programs, is bringing its "Summer Ignite" program back to help high school juniors make critical decisions about their post-secondary educational options. The free, three-week program is the same introductory technician course taken by new UTI students. Once completed, participating high...

Study International | January 31, 2020

More than four in ten trustees are very concerned about the future of the US higher education sector, an increase of 14 percent from 2018, a new poll has found. The Trustee Index, commissioned by the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and College (AGB), also found a majority are worried about the future financial sustainability of their own institutions or systems (38 percent) and the price of higher education for students (25 percent). “It requires a considerable investment o...

edsurge | January 24, 2020

Kaltura, a New York-based provider of video collaboration tools used by education, government and corporate institutions, has acquired Newrow, a developer of similar products. Terms of the deal were not disclosed in the press release. Founded in 2006, Kaltura offers a suite of cloud-based video technologies used across different industries. In education, the company’s products are used to record lectures, add captions and other interactive elements to videos, and deliver them to student de...